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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.
75
ARMS AND SHOULDERS.
See Figs. 54, 55 and 56.
(1) Lock the thumbs together. Extend the arms downward close to the body. Pull vigorously and steadily for a moment or two. Then lock the forefingers and do likewise; then the middle fingers; then the third (or ring) fingers; then the little fingers; then grip the ends of all the fingers of one hand with the ends of all the fingers of the other hand.
(2) Repeat the foregoing with the hands higher up—the forearms at right angles with the upper arms.
(3) Repeat the foregoing with the hands higher up—about opposite the neck.
